NZV8

NZV8 Magazine was conceived when the passionate muscle car scene was in need of an authority. Thanks to a large population of baby boomers, muscle car and V8 culture is booming in New Zealand. NZV8 is not only riding that wave, but leading the way by providing a world class magazine that features the cars, events, like the annual Beach Hop and people that make the scene so exciting. NZV8 covers an extensive range of high-performance V8-engined vehicles. Wherever the local ground shakes to the beat of a tuned eight-cylinder machine, from a drag race meeting to a car show, NZV8 is there and bringing you all the action.

GUESS WHO’S BACK WITH THE BRAND-NEW TRACK

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KEN BLOCK • FLAT OUT FROM BUSINESS FOUNDER TO YOUTUBE SENSATION AND LOVER OF RALLY NEW ZEALAND

SAM FENECH • A TRAGIC ACCIDENT AT WILLOWBANK RACEWAY DURING THE AUSTRALIAN DRAG RACING CHAMPIONSHIP NEW YEAR NITRO EVENT TOOK THE LIFE OF WELL-KNOWN AUSTRALIAN DRAG RACER SAM FENECH

EVENTS GUIDE

40 INCHES OF PERFECTION • RIC HARTNETT HAD A DREAM OF OWNING A GT40; SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY THAT EVOLVED INTO HAVING THE BEST GT40 ASSEMBLED IN NEW ZEALAND!

Wild by name, WICKED BY-NATURE • DRAGSTALGIA, THE FIRST DRAG MEET OF THE YEAR HELD AT MASTERTON MOTORPLEX, SAW THE WILDBUNCH ROCK UP TO PUT ON ONE HELL OF A SHOW

Bombshell • TREV HALSTEAD IS BACK WITH HIS WILDEST STUDEBAKER CREATION TO DATE!

CLUB CORNER • WELCOME TO NZV8’S NEWEST COLUMN, CLUB CORNER, WHICH WILL DELVE DEEPLY INTO THE NUMEROUS CAR CLUBS IN NEW ZEALAND IN ORDER TO UNEARTH AND SHARE THEIR RICH HISTORY WITH YOU. EACH MONTH, WE WILL GATHER THE GRITTY DETAILS, HISTORICAL STORIES, AND STUNNING CARS FROM THESE FASCINATING CAR CLUBS

SMOKESTACK LIGHTNIN’ • CHARLIE’S EL CAMINO MAY HAVE TAKEN A DECADE TO RESTORE BUT THE RESULTS ARE UNDENIABLE — THIS IS ONE STYLISH CRUISER

DANGER ZONE • BUILT TOUGH AND READY TO RUMBLE, BLAIR’S STREET-LEGAL DRAG CAR GIVES HIM SMILES PER MILE

HIT THE ROAD • A CUSTOM ’52 LEAD SLED BUILT FOR MAKING MEMORIES AND ROAD TRIPPING

FROM RAGS TO RICHES • FROM RAGS TO RICHES, CRAIG ADAMS’ PICKUP WAS HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FROM THE GET-GO

LADS, LADS, LADS • TWO GREAT GUYS, TWO GREAT CARS, MEMORIES PAST AND PRESENT

Full Monte • TODD HOLLAND WASN’T MESSING AROUND WITH THIS ONE. FROM RUST TO RICHES IN SIX MONTHS, HIS ’71 MONTE CARLO GETS THE FULL MONTY

FIELD of DREAMS • THE FESTIVAL RETURNED TO THE SMALL TOURIST TOWN IN 2023, DRAWING OVER 1000 VEHICLES TO THE ALPHA STREET RESERVE FOR THE BIGGEST SHOW YET

WILD BUNCH ICON RETURNS

STREET ELITE

SLIDING DOORS

NZ’S QUICKEST STREETERS

NZ’S 100 QUICKEST V8 DRAG RACERS • To update your details, email editor@v8.co.nz Yellow text denotes a new entry or bettered ET / *Currently competing vehicles only listed

HUNTING T-REX

1320 FOR LIFE • FROM HEATHCOTE RACEWAY TO SYDNEY DRAGWAY, MASTERTON MOTORPLEX AND MEREMERE DRAGWAY, LIVING MY LIFE A QUARTER MILE AT A TIME — LIFE IS GOOD!

ROCKET PROPER • PACKED FULL OF PURE ART HOT RODS AND STREET MACHINES, ROCKET SPEED EQUIPMENT’S ANNUAL OPEN DAY IS ALWAYS AN EVENT TO LOOK FORWARD TO

THE COBRA TO END ALL COBRAS • THE 1966 SHELBY COBRA 427 SUPER SNAKE IS NOTHING SHORT OF RIDICULOUS

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TALL SOCKS, LOW STANDARDS • IF YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD STEREOTYPE CORVETTE OWNERS, MAYBE IT’S TIME TO THINK AGAIN

Owning THEM ALL • THINK YOU’VE OWNED MORE CARS THAN ANYONE ELSE? BEN ‘CHARLIE SAFARI’ WILSON HAS OWNED PLENTY MORE AND HAS STORIES TO GO WITH THEM ALL

BRINGING THE BOOST • THE DOBSON MOTORSPORT PONTIAC WAS MAKING WAVES WITH A TWIN-TURBO BIG BLOCK, NOW IT’S BACK WITH A PROCHARGED HEMI TO DO SOME REAL...